Haematology reference values for healthy elderly blacks residing in Harare, Zimbabwe

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 120-123

  Mangwendeza, M P ^a   Mandisodza, A ^a   Siziya, S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEMATOCRIT; HUMAN; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; REFERENCE VALUE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ERYTHROCYTE INDICES; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0034189262     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/cajm.v46i5.8534     Document Type: Article

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